2 Timothy 1:7

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

⁷ for God did not give us a spirit of cowardice but rather a spirit of power and of love and of self-discipline.

Psalm 27:1-4

New Revised Standard Version Updated EditionPsalm 27

Triumphant Song of Confidence

Of David.

¹ The Lord is my light and my salvation;
    whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold of my life;
    of whom shall I be afraid?

² When evildoers assail me
    to devour my flesh—
my adversaries and foes—
    they shall stumble and fall.

³ Though an army encamp against me,
    my heart shall not fear;
though war rise up against me,
    yet I will be confident.

⁴ One thing I asked of the Lord;
    this I seek:
to live in the house of the Lord
    all the days of my life,
to behold the beauty of the Lord,
    and to inquire in his temple.